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  • Title: Hugh Anderson Moran papers
    Date (bulk): 1916-1933
    Collection Number: 48025
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 5 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 2 oversize folders (3.6 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Correspondence, writings, clippings, maps, posters, and photographs relating to the Russian Civil War, political and economic conditions in Siberia and Manchuria, and relief work in Siberia and Manchuria, especially in the prisoner of war camps, during the Russian Civil War.
    Creator: Moran, Hugh Anderson, 1881-1977
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Materials were acquired by the Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1948.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Hugh Anderson Moran papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    Dr. Hugh Anderson Moran (1881-1977) graduated from Stanford University in 1905, and was the first athlete to receive the the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. Moran was a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity, president of the English Club, officer in the Young Men's Christian Association, and a member of the varsity track team.
    Earning a doctorate in religion from Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary, Moran was ordained as a minister in the Presbyterian Church in 1908. He went on to serve as a Secretary of the International Committee of the Y.M.C.A. in China from 1909 to 1913. From 1916 to 1918, Moran was stationed in Vladivostok, Russia, in charge of prisoner of war relief in Siberia; he was also the special aide to Senator Elihu Root as part of the Special Diplomatic Mission in Russia in 1917.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Correspondence, writings, clippings, maps, posters, and photographs relating to the Russian Civil War, political and economic conditions in Siberia and Manchuria, and relief work in Siberia and Manchuria, especially in the prisoner of war camps, during the Russian Civil War.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Soviet Union -- History -- Allied intervention, 1918-1920
    Siberia (Russia) -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
    Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
    World War, 1914-1918 -- Russia
    Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Civilian relief
    International relief
    World War, 1914-1918 -- War work
    Young Men's Christian associations
    Manchuria (China) -- History